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> Security experts soon discovered Ransom Man had mistakenly included an entire copy of their home folder, where investigators found many clues pointing to Kivimäki’s involvement.

The bane of every criminal. You only have to make one mistake to get caught and there are many chances to make that mistake.

Many criminals on the run assume they’re smart, but luck plays a big role in getting caught or not…I mean, this guy got caught because of an unrelated case of domestic violence.



Indeed, a lot of criminals think they're smart and that they'll never get caught while they do stupid shit.

An acquaintance of mine tried to dodge his mandatory military service by moving to the neighboring country and would (foolishly) drive to his family across the border every now and then thinking that because Schengen has no borders he would never get caught.

And it worked for a couple of years, until one day when a police car stopped him for a busted tail light and handed him over to the military police.

If you're gonna break the law, you at least gotta be smart and careful about it.


> And it worked for a couple of years, until one day when a police car stopped him for a busted tail light and handed him over to the military police.

Hence the always-true adage: If you're gonna break the law, only break one law at a time, not multiple.


Some variation of not breaking ties with (supposed) friends and family generally is a pretty common theme in people getting their cover blown.


Some Schengen borders have cameras that scan license plates...


Some don't. Almost all do.


> The bane of every criminal. You only have to make one mistake to get caught and there are many chances to make that mistake.

There's a great scene from The Wire where this is discussed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2Fv-nJCfrk


You only hear about criminals that get caught...


Even if criminals do no get caught, we know they exist when a crime has been committed and we don't know who done it. In fact, there are famous criminals who never got caught. Like the Zodiac killer.

Now, if you manage to hide your crime too...




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